Fernando Zazueta Gonzalez, a 61-year old homeless man who pistol-whipped a Santa Ana store owner with a pellet gun during a robbery, was sentenced Friday to 21 years to life in prison, according to the O.C. Register.
Gonzales is a third-striker with previous burglary and robbery convictions. He got busted again in March after he robbed a beauty-supply business on West Third St. Continue reading
Dallas Frank Reichstein, a Santa Ana resident who fled the scene of a crash that left a pedestrian dead was sentenced Friday to 22 years in state prison, according to the O.C. Register.
Pearleen Hopkins, a beloved 59-year old Santa Ana resident, died on Jan. 28, 2015, when Reichstein, who was speeding in a 2002 Nissan Xterra, at about 10:10 p.m., struck her as she was crossing MacArthur Blvd.
Hopkins died at the scene. Reichstein took the coward’s way out as he opted to flee from the scene. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
August 10, 2017
Case # 16WF1947
FRESNO FELON CONVICTED OF PIMPING YOUNG WOMAN AND ILLEGALLY POSSESSING LOADED FIREARM
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A felon from Fresno was convicted today of pimping a young woman and illegally possessing a loaded firearm.
Defendant: Adam Rocky Trinidad, 25, Fresno
Pleaded guilty today to: Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD and OCDA Investigating In Custody Death
On Wednesday, August 4, 2017 at approximately 9:49 pm, Santa Ana Jail Correctional Officers discovered a U.S. Marshal’s Service detainee unresponsive in his cell.
Correctional Officers initiated life-saving measures while awaiting the arrival of OCFA medics. Medics transported the inmate to a local hospital where he was stabilized and ultimately admitted due to his medical condition. Continue reading
An unidentified armed man is suspected of taking an undisclosed amount of cash and electronics from a Verizon Wireless store at 1730 E. 17th St., in Santa Ana, at 9 p.m. last night, Aug. 10, according to the O.C. Register.
The suspect pulled up his shirt to reveal a handgun in his waistband, when he entered the store, according to the SAPD. He then ordered the store’s employees to go to the back of the store and demanded that they open the store’s safe. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Case # 17HF1025
Date: August 9, 2017
SANTA ANA, Calif. – The Orange County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA) is seeking the public’s help identifying potential additional victims of a man who is accused of forcibly raping and sexually assaulting two teenagers in Santa Ana and San Juan Capistrano.
Defendant: Alejandro Hernandez Garcia, 41, San Juan Capistrano
Felony Charges: Continue reading
Young Ah Kim, a 48-year-old Cypress woman, pleaded guilty Monday, Aug. 7, to embezzling at least $500,000 from California Systems, a Santa Ana company, where she worked as an office manager, according to the O.C. Register.
Kim accepted 21 felony charges that were accompanied by multiple sentencing enhancement allegations for white-collar crime.
Kim was fired in 2012 by California Systems. She had been hired in 2006.
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: August 7, 2017
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Pacific Educational Services (PES) released an evaluation indicating a 500% reduction in the rate of criminal recidivism for last year’s participants in the Orange County Offender Treatment Program (OC-OTP) in Santa Ana. The evaluation detailed the positive impact OC-OTP had on participants who completed the program without termination, primarily offenders dealing with drug usage and/or possession. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: SAPD conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on Fri, August 4th, 2017, 8:30PM to 2:30AM, 2100 N. Main Street
SANTA ANA POLICE STEP UP DUI ENFORCEMENT
The Santa Ana Police Department along with the officers from California Highway Patrol will be conducting a DUI / Driver’s License checkpoint on Friday August 4th, 2017. It will begin at 8:30PM and is scheduled to conclude at 2:30AM. It will be conducted in the area of 2100 N Main Street, in the City of Santa Ana. Continue reading
An unidentified man suspected of driving a stolen car and leading SAPD police officers on a chase, crashed into two cars before being arrested yesterday, according to the O.C. Register.
SAPD police officers tried to pull over the suspect on Wednesday afternoon, at around 4:50 p.m., on August 2, as he was driving a Jaguar. He was suspected of a traffic violation near the cross streets of S. Bristol Street and W. Warner Avenue, according to the SAPD. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Crime Alert – Community Assistance Needed
Santa Ana Police Detectives are looking for a suspect that attempted to sexually assault an adult female in her home. The incident occurred On July 30th in the 3200 hundred block of south Main Street in Santa Ana. The victim was asleep in her living room and woke up at 2 a.m. after she heard a noise by the open front window. The victim looked towards the window and saw the suspect standing outside. The victim saw that the suspect had already removed the screen and he ordered the victim to come to the window while he simulated a handgun and threatened to shoot her. Continue reading
Santa Ana Police Department
Advisory: Detectives Investigating Homicide – 4200 Block West Fay Circle
On Saturday, July 29, 2017 at approximately 10:24 PM, the Santa Ana Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at the 4200 block of West Fay Circle in the city of Santa Ana.
Upon arrival, Officers discovered the scene of a traffic collision. They also found an adult Hispanic male with an apparent gunshot wound to his upper body. Continue reading
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office has cleared Detective David Prewett, an SAPD police officer who shot and killed Steve Salgado, an unarmed 18-year-old, who was running from members of the Santa Ana Police Department’s Gang Suppression Unit, according to the O.C. Register.
The incident happened on Jan. 29, at around 4:40 p.m., at the 400 block of South Birch St., in Santa Ana, when Prewett and five other SAPD police officers were patrolling the neighborhood when the saw an occupied vehicle parked in the middle of an alley, effectively blocking street traffic. Continue reading
ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY NEWS RELEASE
July 27, 2017
Case # 16CF2020
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man was sentenced yesterday to seven years and eight months in state prison for trafficking, pimping, and pandering two 15-year-old Fresno girls in Orange County.
Defendant: Kenneth Afrane Glenn Maxwell, 20, Fresno
Pleaded guilty on July 26, 2017, to the following felony counts: Continue reading
Costa Mesa Police Department
Community: Man arrested for attempting to sell heroin to CMPD undercover officer
COSTA MESA, Calif. – On Tuesday, July 25, 2017, at approximately 3:15 p.m., Costa Mesa Police Department (CMPD) officers arrested William Thompson, 28, Eureka, after he attempted to sell two grams of heroin to an undercover officer at the 700 block of W. Wilson Street. Continue reading